How will emerging computers affect older workers by 2040?

Belbase, Anek, and Andrew D. Eschtruth. “How will emerging computers affect older workers by 2040?”. Issue in Brief 20-1, Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, January 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108860.
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Abstract

The brief's key findings are: (1) Since the 1980s, computers have increasingly taken on "routine" tasks for jobs that rely on step-by-step instructions, from assembly-line workers to travel agents. (2) Emerging computers, however, can learn to perform "non-routine" tasks, making jobs from truck drivers to loan officers vulnerable to replacement. (3) Despite these advances, humans retain an edge in social skills and in mental skills honed by education (e.g., reasoning and creativity). (4) Older workers share this edge, as their education is similar to younger workers, and natural social skills tend to improve with age.

Title
How will emerging computers affect older workers by 2040?
Author
Belbase, Anek
Eschtruth, Andrew D.
Center
Center for Retirement Research
Genre
report
Date Issued
January 2020
Publisher
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Series Title
Issue in Brief
Series Number
20-1
Persistent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108860
Use Restrictions
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Subject
Financing Retirement

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